B2139 crash in Horsham on 10 February 1991 at 10:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Horsham at 10:20 on Sunday 10 February 1991. The 43-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 309, a 14-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 309 and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 309 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Feb 1991
- Sunday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 309
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90839, longitude -0.49571, in the RH20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199147NA10089
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2139
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 2012.
Serious
Yamaha YZF 600 R crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 26 August 2012
10 m awayRef 2012471204388
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 7 December 1990
41 m awayRef 199047NA00707
Slight
Car crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 23 October 1982
61 m awayRef 198247YA20579
Slight
Car crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 7 May 1986
71 m awayRef 198647YA60224
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 18 August 2021
81 m awayRef 2021471078126
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 24 July 2003
91 m awayRef 200347K165165
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,294 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199147NA10089 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 1991.